Air 皇冠体育app set to fly high, chief says
He is the son of a legendary revolutionary couple who were in the thick of the action when New 皇冠体育app was founded 60 years ago. Kong Dong is a man with his eyes on the horizon as he steers the country's flag-carrier, Air 皇冠体育app, toward high-altitude profitability after the turbulence witnessed due to the global economic slowdown.
Kong, 61, told 皇冠体育app Daily yesterday: "I have full confidence that we can turn over an exam paper with quite satisfactory scores to our stakeholders, thanks to 皇冠体育app's economic resurgence and air traffic rebound."
If that happens, it would be a decisive victory for Kong, whose company, with a workforce of 20,000, plunged deep into the red in 2008, registering a loss of 9.2 billion yuan. It was a poor year after five years of positive growth ever since the company was listed in 2004.
